Reports

The presence of the potentially toxic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis ovata (Fukuyo) has been observed along the Italian coast since the ‘90s. From then, intense and recurrent blooms of this seaweed alga occurred in several locations of the Tyrrhenian Sea and Adriatic Sea.

This Report presents the results of the second interlaboratory comparison on marine benthic macroinvertebrates, in which the Regional Agencies, involved in the assessment of the ecological status of Italian coastal marine waters, participated. The purpose is to ensure uniform application throughout the territory and continuous updating of the comparison of monitoring and control systems on a national scale.

The report describes the use of a Bayesian hierarchical space-time model for the high spatial resolution estimate (1km x 1km) of daily PM10 concentrations, in order to give a demonstrative overview of possible applications. The model was applied, separately for each month, to the PM10 concentrations measured since 2013 to 2020 by the Italian regional air quality monitoring networks. 

This Report represents the report of the preliminary activities in support of the Ministry of Ecological Transition for the issue of the Integrated Environmental Authorizations of state competence carried out during the year 2021.

The document analyses key emerging environmental topics (natural capital, climate change, circular economy and environment and health) through three different approaches based on the use and exploitation of the trends of the most relevant indicators in the Environmental Indicators’ Database ( Banca dati indicatori ambientali)

The Report provides information on the presence of residues of plant protection products in surface water and groundwater. The 2019-2020 monitoring results are presented in terms of the recovery frequency and concentrations distribution, the levels of contamination obtained by comparison with the environmental quality standards are assessed. 

The Report presents a study on the measures to prevent the production of urban waste adopted by local administrations to which a specific questionnaire prepared by ISPRA. This questionnaire is divided into 20 questions elaborated in the light of the measures established for the new National Waste Prevention Program by art. 180 of Legislative Decree 152/06 (amended by Legislative Decree 116/2020).

This report illustrates the activity carried out to disaggregate on a provincial basis the emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases estimated in the national emissions inventory prepared by ISPRA. The estimates were obtained using a top-down approach and calculated for the years: 1990 - 1995 - 2000 - 2005 - 2010 - 2015 - 2019.

The Report on Waste from Economic Activities, now in its twenty-first edition, is the result of a complex activity of collection, analysis and processing of data by the National Centre for Waste and Circular Economy of ISPRA, with the contribution of regional and provincial Environmental Protection Agencies. The Report implements a specific task required by article 189, of legislative decree. n. 152 of 3th April 2006. The conference, in the presence of the ministry, represents an opportunity for discussion with the main stakeholders on how the waste management system has reacted is reacting to the Covid-19 emergency and how it is getting ready for the enormous challenges of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan PNRR.

Efficiency and decarbonization indicators updated to 2020 have been analyzed in relation to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The 2020 is the benchmark year to verify the EU's climate and energy targets established with the Climate and Energy Package. Moreover, in 2020 the Covid-19 emergency has heavily affected the European countries’ economy and GHG emissions.

ISPRA, as required by the legislation (Art. 199 - paragraph 6, letter a) of Legislative Decree 152/06), has started the activities of developing risk assessment criteria as a national reference for the Regional Plans for the Remediation of Polluted Areas (PRBs). This report illustrates the activities conducted in the first phase (phase 1), in which national priority criteria are first identified, to apply to potentially contaminated sites, with the support of the Technical Table, set up with Regions and ARPA, starting with the reconnaissance of criteria available at national and international level.

In the continuation of a collaboration between the Environmental Agencies of Friuli Venezia Giulia and Lombardy, the University of Turin and ISPRA (Italian Institute for Environmental Protection), this report contains the results of an interlaboratory comparison aimed at assessing the performance of the participating laboratories in the taxonomic identification of benthic diatoms in surface water bodies

National trends of energy and economic indicators have been analyzed in relation to greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption. Particular attention was paid to the electricity sector, one of the main players in the national energy system. The role of factors determining greenhouse gas emission trends has been analyzed, such as economic growth, fossil and renewable fuels composition, transformation efficiency, and fossil fuel emission factors. With regard to electricity sector, the emission factors of greenhouse gases and other atmospheric contaminants have been elaborated.

The report describes the greenhouse gas emissions and removals in Italy, at the end of the second period of the Kyoto Protocol, based on the data officially transmitted in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and the Mechanism of Greenhouse Gas Monitoring of the European Union